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VLC media player

media player, streaming client, streaming media server, and audio and video converter (transcoder), free/libre and open-source cross-platform software
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Summary

VLC media player is a free and open-source software[1].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: video player[2], audio player software[3], media player software[4], mobile app[5], application software[6], transcoder[7], formerly proprietary software[8]
  • Developer: VideoLAN[9], Jean-Baptiste Kempf[10], Rafaël Carré[11], Felix Paul Kühne[12]
  • Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later[13]
  • Programmed in: C[14], C++[15], Objective-C[16]
  • Operating system: Linux[17], Microsoft Windows[18], macOS[19], Berkeley Software Distribution[20], BeOS[21], Android[22], iOS[23], ChromeOS[24], Solaris[25]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ~2026-51711-35 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.2.1, 2.2.0, 1.7.5 +59
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.0.24"
  2. 11w ago · Սահակ · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operating system → Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS +12
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Operating system: Linux"
  3. 17w ago · Mohsenkalaantari · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Netbsd package id → multimedia/vlc
    Framalibre id → vlc
    Aur package → vlc-git, vlc-nox, vlc-decklink
    Steamgriddb id → 34777
    + 79 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.7.0"
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